Moved by
Baroness Young of Old Scone
229: After Clause 34, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to consult on a new environmental regulatory regime for agriculture in England
(1) The Secretary of State must, within the period of six months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, publish proposals for a new environmental regulatory regime for agriculture in England in accordance with this section.
(2) Following publication, the Secretary of State must consult all interested stakeholders on the proposals mentioned in subsection (3).
(3) The proposals for a new regulatory regime mentioned in subsection (1) must include—
(a) consideration of the role of agriculture in achieving environmental objectives;
(b) clear objectives for the regulatory regime with specific reference to the agricultural sector;
(c) a new model for securing compliance with regulation formulated with a view to ensuring significant change in the behaviour of producers;
(d) targets for compliance with environmental regulation;
(e) amendments to existing regulations and new regulations required to maintain agricultural environmental standards following the removal of cross-compliance, and to support the new environmental objectives and priorities proposed in accordance with this section;
(f) assessment of the resources needed to implement the new model mentioned in paragraph (c) and achieve the compliance targets mentioned in subsection paragraph (d);
(g) any other issues that the Secretary of State considers relevant.”
Member’s explanatory statement
This new Clause would update the regulatory framework for agriculture to fill gaps and bring it in line with environmental objectives, and to create effective compliance mechanisms.